Mr. Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) why he will not seek to arrange a meeting with the Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress to discuss the possibility of introducing a national system whereby all workers will be compelled to work overtime and on their normal rest days on instruction of their employers;
(2) why, at the next meeting of the National Economic Development Council he attends, he will not raise the question of making it the universal practice that all workers will have to work overtime and on their normal rest days when requested to do so by their employers.
§ Mr. Chichester-Clark:Because it would serve no useful purpose.